"Eighteen exquisite songs by 21 year old genius Dan Wilson, who plays all the instruments (most of which he has built), sings, writes all the material and does everything else as well. Recorded at home on old analogue machinery, this is a collection of timeless classics which draws on everything from George Formby to Syd Barrett, from pub drunks to disco. Nakedly self-exposing, outlandish and beautifully made. Lasts an hour. Digipack packaging with colourful artwork of slugs and stabbings." From The Wire: "A more original album you're unlikely to hear this year."

"Three inch CD in full colour cover. Eight short songs. Out-rock, angular, lo-fi recordings of new material by the most interesting band to emerge in London in recent memory. These are rough demos of songs, selected from an extensive collection of wildly diverse material, all recorded live in less than ideal circumstances and not actually intended for release -- so don't expect high production values or striving after commercial acceptability. But the music is passionate, the performances immediately evocative, the melodies memorable, the lyrics unusual, and great rock-musical ideas abound." 'The music of Shimmy Rivers and And Canal is literally timeless: it's nearly impossible to tell whether it was recorded last week or twenty-five years ago. Not so much backward-looking as determined to give the basic post-punk framework another good sparring session, SRAAC do more with less than just about any 'rock' band in recent memory.'"

"The third album from Die Trip Computer Die sets out to bury the corpse of rock for all time but instead runs smack bang into a delicious wall of pithecanthropoid pop. Samplerdelia trio Die Trip present a third collection of skewed songs and numinous instrumentals. The trio of Lepke B, Xentos Fray Bentos and Ted Barrow have played in numerous combinations over the last 25 years (notably The Homosexuals and Milk From Cheltenham) and this album sees them palpably hit their stride. The critical response to the group has been positive: 'Convincing, sometimes astonishing pieces, songs, mini-dramas. One of the best ensembles using this technology I've heard; very focused and highly musical,' says Chris Cutler of ReR Megacorp."